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Table of contents
1 System overview ..................................................................................................................................................................5
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................5
New technologies ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 System features ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Comparison of PowerEdge systems ............................................................................................................................... 7
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Module views and features .............................................................................................................................................. 11
Module views ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Module features ................................................................................................................................................................14
4 Processors .......................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 17
Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
5 Memory ...............................................................................................................................................................................18
Supported memory ..........................................................................................................................................................18
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................................................... 19
Memory speed .................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Memory RAS features...................................................................................................................................................... 20
6 Storage ............................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Storage controllers .......................................................................................................................................................... 22
7 Networking and mezzanine cards ................................................................................................................................ 24
System management integration ................................................................................................................................. 24
Mezzanine cards .............................................................................................................................................................. 25
8 Power, thermal and acoustics ....................................................................................................................................... 28
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 28
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 29
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 29
9 Operating systems and virtualization ............................................................................................................................ 31
Supported operating systems ......................................................................................................................................... 31
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 32
10 Dell OpenManage systems management .................................................................................................................... 33
Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 33
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 34
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 38
Additional specifications ...........................................................................................................................41
Module dimensions and weight .....................................................................................................................................41
Video specifications .........................................................................................................................................................41
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 42
USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 43
Standards compliance ............................................................................................................................. 44
Additional resources ................................................................................................................................. 46
System board block diagram .................................................................................................................. 48
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